Press Release SOC/4596 |
Commission for Social Development
Fortieth Session
10th Meeting (AM)
DRAFT TEXTS ADDRESSING YEAR OF FAMILY, PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
INTRODUCED IN SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION
Press Release SOC/4596 |
Commission for Social Development
Fortieth Session
10th Meeting (AM)
DRAFT TEXTS ADDRESSING YEAR OF FAMILY, PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
INTRODUCED IN SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION
Press Release SG/SM/8127 |
SECRETARY-GENERAL EXTENDS DEEPEST CONDOLENCES FOLLOWING TRAIN FIRE IN EGYPT
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
The Secretary-General is deeply saddened to learn of the fire that broke out on a moving train today, 40 miles south of Cairo, Egypt, and consumed the lives of upwards of 350 people, many of them children.
Press Release SOC/CP/241 |
FIGHT AGAINST HUMAN TRAFFICKING GAINS AWARENESS-RAISING TOOL
IN GLOBAL TELEVISION CAMPAIGN
VIENNA, 19 February (UN Information Service) -- A new video spot is being released today as a part of a global television campaign by the United Nations Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention (ODCCP) to increase education and awareness about trafficking in human beings.
Press Release SG/SM/8126 |
SECRETARY-GENERAL, AT NEW YORK AWARDS DINNER, PRAISES HONOUREES FOR USING ART
TO MOBILIZE PEOPLE FOR ‘VITAL JOB OF MAKING OUR WORLD A BETTER PLACE’
Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the second annual African Century Challenge Award Dinner, organized by Shared Interest, in New York on 18 February:
Press Release SC/7303 |
PRESS STATEMENT BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT ON DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
Following is today’s statement to the press on the Democratic Republic of the Congo by Security CouncilPresident Adolfo Aguilar Zinser (Mexico):
Press Release SOC/4595 |
Commission for Social Development
Fortieth Session
9th Meeting (AM)
NEED TO FOSTER POSITIVE ATTITUDES TOWARDS ELDERLY, DISABLED PERSONS STRESSED,
AS COMMISSION FOR SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT CONCLUDES DEBATE
Press Release SG/SM/8125 |
SECRETARY-GENERAL ADDRESSES INTERNATIONAL PEACE ACADEMY SEMINAR
ON ‘THE RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT’
Following is the text of the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the International Peace Academy seminar in New York City on “The Responsibility to Protect”:
Press Release PAL/1905 UNEP/104 |
ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY OF OCCUPIED TERRITORIES TO BE UNDERTAKEN BY UNEP
CARTAGENA, Colombia, 15 February (UNEP) -- A decision to assess the environmental situation in the occupied Palestinian territories has been taken at a meeting of the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), meeting this week in special session in the Colombian city of Cartagena.
Press Release GA/SHC/3683 |
Fifty-sixth General Assembly
Third Committee
60th Meeting (PM)
THIRD COMMITTEE CONSIDERS DRAFT PROPOSALS ON ELIMINATION
OF RACISM, RACIAL DISCRIMINATION
The Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) met this afternoon to hear the introduction of draft proposals relating to the elimination of racism and racial discrimination.
Press Release GA/10009 |
Resumed Fifty-sixth General Assembly GA/10009*